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“The habit of the religious way of thinking has biased our mind so grievously that we are - terrified at ourselves in our nakedness and naturalness; it has degraded us so that we deem ourselves depraved by nature, born devils.”

Thinking Way Mind Born Religious Habit Devil Terrified Way Of Thinking Biased Depraved

Book:The Ego and His Own: The Case of the Individual Against Authority

Source: The Ego and His Own: The Case of the Individual Against Authority

“The devil never seems so busy as where the saints are, which is another reason why I feel how difficult it would be to be religious.”

Feels Reason Seems Would Be Difficult Religious Devil Busy Saint Reason Why

Book:Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family

Source: Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family

“At Poltersberg, there is a lake similarly cursed. If you throw a stone into it, a dreadful storm immediately arises, and the whole neighboring district quakes to its centre. 'Tis the devils kept prisoner there.”

Ifs Whole Humor Religious Devil Stones Storm Arise Lakes Prisoner Centre Cursed Quake

Book:The Life of Luther Written by Himself

Source: The Life of Luther Written by Himself

“I myself saw and touched at Dessay, a child of this sort, which had no human parents, but had proceeded from the Devil. He was twelve years old, and, in outward form, exactly resembled ordinary children.”

Years Humans Children Humor Form Parent Religious Saws Ordinary Devil Touched Twelve

Book:The Life of Luther Written by Himself

Source: The Life of Luther Written by Himself

“In many countries there are particular places to which devils more especially resort. In Prussia there is an infinite number of evil spirits.”

Country Humor Spirit Evil Religious Numbers Particular Devil Infinite Resorts Prussia Evil Spirits

Book:The Life of Luther Written by Himself

Source: The Life of Luther Written by Himself

“Our bodies are always exposed to Satan. The maladies I suffer are not natural, but Devil's spells.”

Body Humor Suffering Natural Religious Devil Satan Spells Exposed Malady

Book:The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt

Source: The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt

“The best way to get rid of the Devil, if you cannot kill it with the words of Holy Scripture, is to rail at and mock him. Music, too, is very good; music is hateful to him, and drives him far away.”

Ifs Way Humor Religious Holy Music Is Devil Very Good Scripture Best Way Far Away Hateful Mock Rail Holy Scriptures

Author:Martin Luther

“The Devil can so completely assume the human form, when he wants to deceive us, that we may well lie with what seems to be a woman, of real flesh and blood, and yet all the while 'tis only the Devil in the shape of a woman. 'Tis the same with women, who may think that a man is in bed with them, yet 'tis only the Devil; and...the result of this connection is oftentimes an imp of darkness, half mortal, half devil.”

Thinking Men Want Humans Wells May Real Humor Seems Form Lying Religious Results Half Darkness Blood Shapes Bed Devil Connections Assuming Flesh Mortals Deceiving Flesh And Blood Human Form

Author:Martin Luther

“The Devil...clutched hold of the miserable young man...and flew off with him through the ceiling, since which time nothing has been heard of him.”

Men Has Beens Humor Young Religious Heard Devil Miserable Young Man Ceilings Flew

Author:Martin Luther

“The Devil, it is true, is not exactly a doctor who has taken degrees, but he is very learned, very expert for all that. He has not been carrying on his business during thousands of years for nothing.”

Years Humor Religious Taken Degrees Devil Doctors Experts Doctor Who Carrying On

Book:The Life of Luther Written by Himself

Source: The Life of Luther Written by Himself

“The Devil, too, sometimes steals human children; it is not infrequent for him to carry away infants within the first six weeks after birth, and to substitute in their place imps.”

Firsts Humans Children Sometimes Humor Religious Week Birth Six Devil Stealing Substitutes Infant

Author:Martin Luther

“The winds are nothing else but good or bad spirits. Hark! how the Devil is puffing and blowing.”

Humor Spirit Religious Wind Devil

Book:The Life of Luther Written by Himself

Source: The Life of Luther Written by Himself

“Two devils rose from the water, and flew off through the air, crying, 'Oh, oh, oh!' and turning one over another, in sportive mockery.”

Two Humor Water Religious Air Cry Devil Rose Flew Mockery Sportive

Book:The Life of Luther

Source: The Life of Luther

“We may well lie with what seems to be a woman of flesh and blood, and yet all the time it is only a devil in the shape of a woman.”

Wells May Humor Seems Lying Religious Blood Shapes Devil Flesh Flesh And Blood

Author:Martin Luther

“We need not invite the Devil to our table; he is too ready to come without being asked. The air all about us is filled with demons.”

Needs Humor Religious Air Ready Devil Tables Filled Demon Invites

Book:The Life of Luther Written by Himself

Source: The Life of Luther Written by Himself

“When I go out in the morning and see these men standing in their queues and look into their pinched faces, then I believe I would be no Christian, but a very devil, if I felt no pity for them, if I did not, as did our Lord two thousand years ago, turn against those by whom today this poor people are plundered and exposed.”

Source: The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, April 1922-August 1939: An English Translation of Representative Passages Arranged Under Subjects and Edited by Norman H. Baynes

“There were many reasons we broke up. There was a religious difference: I'm a Catholic, and she's the devil.”

Reason Humor Funny Differences Religious Devil Dating Catholic Broke Broke Up Funny Dating Religious Differences

Author:Adam Ferrara

“What you've got here is really a case of journalists making fun of people who believe in God and the devil.”

People Believe Christian Fun Religious Cases Devil Journalist Believe In God

Book:The De-valuing of America: The Fight for Our Culture and Our Children

Source: The De-valuing of America: The Fight for Our Culture and Our Children

“You claim that any promise which gives you the power, and guarantees you the love of God must be the false promise of the devil.”

Inspirational Giving Religious Promise Devil Claims God Love Guarantees False Promises

Book:Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue

Source: Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue

“When a person's religious beliefs cause him to deny the evidence of science, or for whom public policy morphs into a battle with the devil, shouldn't that be a subject for discussion and debate?”

Persons Belief Causes Religious Subjects Policy Battle Devil Evidence Deny Debate Discussion Religious Belief Public Policy

Author:Lawrence M. Krauss

“A young man had become possessed by a devil. The thing within him burst into loud lamentation and departed from the man. At once the youth's eye fell out on his cheek, and the whole of the pupil which had been black became white.”

Men Whole Eye Young Black Religious White Youth He Man Devil Scary Loud Young Man Possessed Cheeks Pupils Departed Lamentation

Author:Saint Augustine

“The saints are like the Lord, but so are all people who keep the commandments of Christ; but those who live according to their own passions and do not repent are like the devil. I think that if this mystery were revealed to the world, then they would stop serving the devil, and every one would strive to serve the Lord with all his strength, and to be like Him.”

People Ifs Thinking World Inspirational Christian Passion Christ Religious Lord Mystery Devil Strive Saint Orthodox Serving Commandments Repent

Author:Silouan the Athonite